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This series contains papers documenting Jim Fouratt's activism in support of gay rights and in reaction to the AIDS epidemic. Documentation includes correspondence, writings, printed materials, notebooks, posters, flyers, and other papers. A significant portionof the papers relate to Fouratt's involvement with groups including the Gay Liberation Front, Wipe Out AIDS, the Federation of AIDS Related Organizations, and ACT UP.

This series consists of papers related to Jim Fouratt's work as a manager of nightclubs and musical acts. Papers include correspondence, writings, legal documents, photographs, press releases, mailing lists, address books, business records, promotional ephemera, clippings, and other materials. Nightclub management materials document Fouratt's work with Average Normal, Inc., Dare Entertainment, Inc., Danceteria, Hurrah!, Studio 54, CBGB's, Limelight, and others. Documentation of musical acts includes papers relating to Richard Lloyd, Swans, Two Nice Girls, Pylon, Ornette Coleman, Hot Lunch, and others.

This series contains papers documenting Jim Fouratt's involvement with political and counterculture movements and events of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the Youth International Party (Yippies), the Purple Star Tribe, the 1967 Central Park Be In, and the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Papers include correspondence, photographs, artwork, printed material, ephemera, notebooks, and other papers. Also includes scripts and photographs documenting Fouratt's work as an actor.